Louise Gay Massey
Apr 25, 2005
Louise Gay Massey – 85 Of Lake Park passed away Monday morning April 25, 2005 in Marietta, Georgia after a lengthy illness. She was born on July 4, 1919 in Colquitt County, GA to the late Samuel H. and Sally Ann Gay. She had lived most of her life in Lowndes County. Being a very devoted mother she enjoyed spending...
Robert V. Plehn
Apr 23, 2005
Robert V. Plehn LAKELAND — Dr. Robert V. Plehn, 83, of Lakeland, passed away at his residence Saturday, April 23, 2005, after a lengthy illness. He was born in Scottsbluff, Neb., on Feb. 11, 1922, to Dr. Frank Wallace and Elipha Effie Peters Plehn. He was being cared for by his wife Geraldine, and his extended family, the staff of...
Lena Mae Butler
Apr 22, 2005
Lena Butler -95 Of Valdosta passed away late Friday April 22, 2005 night at her residence after a brief illness. Mrs. Butler was born January 4, 1910, in Covington County, Alabama to the late Roach H. and Donie Chisum Aughtman. Her favorite time of the year was Christmas because of being able to give and receive She enjoyed her doll...
Jeanne Weed
Apr 9, 2005
Jeanne Murray Weed -70 Of Lakeland, passed away early Saturday April 9, 2005 at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Ms. Weed was born January 1, 1935 to the late Ainsworth “Buck” and Jessie Mae Screws Murray. She was a member of the Lakeland United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women, Suzanna Wesley Circle and the Action Bunch...
Jackie Dasher
Apr 9, 2005
Jackie Dasher -78 Of Valdosta, passed away late Saturday April 9, 2005 evening at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Dasher was born January 8, 1927 to the late William O. and Norah Gardin Brown in Athens Tenn. She was a member of Airport Church of Christ. Along with her parents, her Brother, Thomas Brown, Precedes her...
Horace Vaughn, Jr.
Apr 2, 2005
Horace Vaughn, Jr. - 77 Of Lakeland passed away Saturday Afternoon April 2, 2005 in Tifton after a sudden illness. He was born in Berrien County to the late Horace and Lula Vaughn, Sr. He had lived in Lakeland for the most of his life. He was a member of the New River Free Holiness Church where he served faithfully....
Pope John Paul Ii
Apr 2, 2005
Karol Józef Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and...
Ruby Christine Mills
Apr 1, 2005
Ruby Christine Mills – 69 Of Lakeland passed away Friday Afternoon April 1, 2005 at her residence after a brief illness. She was born in Berrien County and had lived in Lakeland for most of her life. She retired form the United States Army and Air Force Exchange Service after more than 25 years of service. She was a member...
Otis Jerry Jerald Bryant
Apr 1, 2005
Odis Jerald Bryant Jerry – 68 Of Quinlan, TX passed on to his heavenly home Friday evening, April 1, 2005, following a lengthy illness. He fought a courageous battle and will be deeply missed. His legacy to his wife and three sons was his unfailing capacity for unconditional love. Jerry had a great love for Paleontology, the art of Bonsai,...
Margaret Elizabeth Hall
Mar 28, 2005
Margaret E. Hall Margaret E. Hall, 81, Lakeland, passed away early Monday morning March 28, 2005, at Lakeland Villa Convalescent Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Ware County and had lived in Lakeland most of her life. She worked at HallÂ’s Department store in Lakeland with her mother and father-in-law; she also worked in civil service at...
Margaret Leaf
Mar 21, 2005
Margaret ‘Peggy’ Leaf RAY CITY — Margaret “Peggy” Leaf, 53, of Ray City, passed away Monday, March 21, 2005, in Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville after a lengthy illness. She was born Sept. 27, 1951, in Pulaski, Va., and had lived in Ray City for the past 14 years. She was a member of the Knights Memorial Church. She was...
David James Mclean
Mar 19, 2005
David James McLean – 57 Of Valdosta passed away Saturday, March 19, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born in Oscoda, Mi on May 17, 1947 to the late James and Laura McLean. He had lived in Valdosta since 1982. Mr. McLean worked as a Harley Davidson Mechanic for many years but the past...
Virginia Wilkerson
Mar 17, 2005
Virginia “Ginnie” Wilkerson – 70 Of Valdosta passed away Thursday Afternoon March 17, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born August 19, 1934 in Havana, Fl. to the late David and Margaret Wiggins. During Most of her life she lived and worked in Adel as a Bank Teller at Farmers and Merchants Bank. She...
Elaine Reaves
Mar 16, 2005
Elaine Reaves – 61 Of Valdosta passed away Wednesday March 16, 2005 in South Georgia Medical after a brief illness. She was born on March 18, 1943 to the late Elijah Owen and Mary Cobb Palmer in Pavo, Georgia and had lived in Valdosta for the past 28 years. She had worked in Civil Service more than 25 years serving...
Charlie Carter
Mar 6, 2005
Charlie Carter -86 Of Valdosta, Passed away late Sunday evening March 6, 2005 in South Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Carter was born in Valdosta to the late Hiram and Pearl Storey Carter and had lived here all of his life. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lommie Lou Lightsey Carter. Being a farmer all his life, he enjoyed...
Kenneth Earl London
Mar 5, 2005
Kenneth E. London – 72 Of Homerville, GA passed away early Saturday morning March 5, 2005 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born in Bransford, TN to the late Sydney Allen and Nettie Lou Bradley London. He served his country in the Marines and Air Force before retiring in 1971. Because of a tremendous work ethic he...
Retired Chief Master Sergeant Perry L. Hoffman
Mar 3, 2005
Retired Chief Master Sergeant Perry L. Hoffman - 46 of Valdosta, Ga. passed away Thursday Evening March 3, 2005 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born in Flint, Michigan on May 28, 1958. He served in the United States Air Force for 28 years. While serving his country he and his wife moved around the world seeing...
James Orville Smith, Sr.
Feb 27, 2005
James O. Smith, Sr. – 65 Of Valdosta passed away Sunday Morning February 27, 2005 at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Metter, Ga. after a Sudden Illness. He was born on January 28, 1940 in Homerville, Ga. to the late Virgil and Lola Smith. Mr. Smith had lived in Valdosta for most of his life. He worked with Owens-Illinois for...
Mary Kent Pressley
Feb 26, 2005
Mary Kent Pressley – 84 Of Lakeland passed away Saturday February 26, 2005 in the Louis Smith Memorial Hospital in Lakeland from an apparent heart attack. She was born in Berrien County, Georgia and had lived in Lakeland most of her life. She was a nurses aid, but will be best known for her love for flower gardening outdoors. She...
Mannis D. Blanton
Feb 25, 2005
Mannis D. Blanton – 81 Of Valdosta, GA passed away Friday morning, February 25, 2005 in South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Mr. Blanton remained very active during his retirement. He was born in Berrien County Georgia and lived in Valdosta most of his life. He was the last surviving child of Lattie A. and Onnie M. Brogdon...
